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Webster 1913 Edition
Owing
1.
Had or held under obligation of paying; due.
There is more
owing
her than is paid. Shakespeare
2.
Had or experienced as a consequence, result, issue, etc.; ascribable; – with to;
as, misfortunes are often
owing
to vices; his failure was owing
to speculations.Webster 1828 Edition
Owing
OWING
,ppr.
1.
Due; that moral obligation requires to be paid; as the money owing to a laborer for services, or to another country for goods.2.
Consequential; ascribable to, as the cause. Misfortunes are often owing to vices or miscalculations.3.
Imputable to as an agent. His recovery from sickness is owing less to his physician, than to the strength of his constitution.